Handle end holder and installation



Dec. 22, 1953 D. REITER HANDLE END HOLDER AND INSTALLATION Filed May 6, 1952 I nventor Danze] Z Reiter Gttomeg the holder or anchor, said head being preferably flat whereby the connector portion 20 and the portions 2l and 22 are coplanar. After receiv ing the handle end between them, the arms are bent into the handle-clamping positions thereof shown in Figs. 4 and 6, around and into tightly pressed engagement with a portion of the handle end I3, thereby to secure the holder adequately to said end portion without the need for rivets or other penetrating fasteners. After the handle and the holder are fastened together, the handle is pulled in a direction to draw it out of the slotI I4 as far as it will go, to arrange the bent arms I8 and I3 and the handle end I3 inside of the aperture I6. In this position, the connector portion 2i! of the head bridges the inner end of the aperture closes said end, the upper extension 2I of the head engages that part of the inner surface 23 of the side wall which is above the aperture, and the lower extension 22 engages the inner surface of the side wall below the aperture, the head thereby preventing the handle end from being pulled out of the wall through the slot I4. The holder or anchor I2 being of relatively thin sheet metal, it is obvious that the head thereof does not project inwardly of the wall surface II to any material extent. Consequently, when the lining Il is secured in place to said surface thereby to nish the inside of the pocket book, the lining covers and conceals the entire head. Ihere is thus provided a substantially smooth inside surface on the pocket book side, free of projections such as would result if the aperture I6 were omitted, and if the bent arms I8 and I9 instead were in direct contact with the inner surface 23 of the side wall.

Obviously, a pull on the pocket book handle, or the tension to which such handles are normally subjected, maintains the head of the holder or anchor in pressed contact with said inner sur- Y face 23. When the handle, which is usually fle` n ible, is released from tension, it merely sags witha out any tendency to move inwardly through the slot Iii into which it is preferably frictionally tted. The material of the facing sheet I5 just below the slot I4 covers the front end of the aperture It and conceals the arms I8 and IS, whereby nothing except the handle is visible at or protrudes from either face of the side wall to interfere with the free movement of the hand of the user or to strike or injure the hand or other objects when inserted into the inside of the pocket book.

In those cases where the side wall of the pocket book is laminated or made of several layers of sheet material such as cardboard for example, resulting in a wall substantially thicker than the holder and handle end assembly as shown in Fig. '7, the aperture 3o for the reception of the arms of the holder is made only part way through the wall and only through some of the layers or laminations, but not through the outermost layer 3|, which layer consequently covers the outer end of the aperture. However, a slot 32 sufficient for the passage of the handle and preferably aligned with the slot It in the facing sheet i5, is made instead in the layer 3l.

As will best be seen from Figs. 1 to 4, the holder or anchor may take a variety of forms.

In the form shown in Fig. 4, a pair of prongs as 36, 35a is provided at opposite corners of the respective extensions ZI and 22. Said prongs are pressed into the adjacent material of the side wall surface as 23 with which the head of the holder or anchor is in contact after the handle I0 has been pulled tight. The prongs prevent any tendency on the part of the holder and of the handle end assembly to rotate should the assembly fail to t well into the aperture I. If the assembly does fit snugly, the friction between it and the walls of the aperture is suflioient and can be depended on. to avoid dislocation of the parts. In that case, no need for the prongs arises and they may be dispensed with entirely. When used, the prongs may be located at any convenient point, preferably at some corner of the head, as shown in Figs. 1-3.

In that form of the holder or anchor shown in Fig. 1, the flat head 35 is of generally reotangular shape and similar to the head of the holder or anchor i2 of Fig. 1i, there being tensions 2I and 22 above and below the portion 2S connecting the arms. One such extension would permit rotation of the holder under the pull of the handle in a direction such that the assembly with the handle end would work its Way out of the aperture, whether the extension is above or below the aperture. The extensions both above and below the handle are therefore desirable and preferable. A prong as 3S is beni from the material at a corner of the extension 2i and a similar prong 36a is similarly bent from a corner of the extension 22. In order that the arms I3 and I9 may be easily bent into clamping position and that they hold securely without cutting the handle end, the free end portion 3l of each arm is bent along a line 38 across the entire width of the arm into a plane inclined toward the corresponding free end portion of the other arm. The end portion is thereby predisposed to bend into a position perpendicular to the surface of the handle end for maximum 'clamping efficiency. portion of the arm is made concave and the oorners :ill and III of said edge are convexly rounded thereby providing rounded prongs at the corners of the arms. When the arms are bent into clamping position, the rounded ends of the prongs bite into the relatively soft flexible material of the handle end without cutting or penetrating through the handle but compressing the material thereof until the prongs sink all the way into the handle end and are covered thereby (Figs. 5, 6 and 7).

In the modified form of the holder or anchor shown in Fig. 2J substantially parallel coplanar transverse extensions or wings as A5 and it form part of the fiat head. The connecting portion 2G between the arms I8 and I9 is extended upwardly and downwardly as at al and i8 in the same plane as the wings l5 and at for a distance substantially equal to the thickness of the handle Il] to enable the handle to bend at the place where it emerges from between the arms and to pass out of the aperture in the wall of the pocket book, and also to make the holder symmetrical so that it may be used with either wing uppermost. The wing :B55 extends transversely beyond the adjacent part 4l and the wing it extends similarly beyond the part i3 to form an I-shaped head wherein the wings are in contact with a substantial area of the inner surface of the side wall and more greatly resist pulling out of the wall under the tension on the handle. The prongs i9 are provided on the lower corners of the wing i5 while similar prongs 5i) are formed on the upper corners of the wing 4t though it will be understood that such prongs may be located wherever convenient, or omitted '1f desired.

In addition, the end edge 39 of the end In Fig. 3 a holder or anchor is shown similar to that of Fig. 2, but with the lower wing @it omitted and the part t8' extended downwardly for a distance about the same as the width of the upper wing i5 which is retained. The lower cross bar of the I being omitted, this form of the holder head is substantially T-shaped and combines some of the advantages of the heads of the holders or Figs. 1 and 2. The prongs 5i are here shown located at the upper corners of the wing d5.

It will now be seen that I have provided a simple and economical handle end holder and installation designed to be readily and quickly assembled by unskilled persons without the need for rivets or other additional fasteners, that the :dat thin head permits the extending arms of the holder to be concealed in an aperture of the side wail of a box-like pocket book while the head remains substantially flush with the inner surface of the side wall without any undesirable projections forming obstructions to the smooth contour of the wall, that no fastening means is required on the outside of the wall, that the assembly is self-held frictionally in position assisted by suitable prongs if desired, and that the holder and installation adequately carry out the intended purp-oses of the invention.

While certain speciiic forms of the invention have herein been shown and described, various obvious changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A pocket bool; handle installation comprising a handle having a exible end strap portion, a rigid Wall constituting the side wall of a pocket book, said Wall comprising a relatively rigid member having an aperture therethrough, an inner imperiorate lining for the member and an outer covering sheet for the outer surface of the member, said covering sheet having a slot of less area than the aperture formed therein in registration wth a portion of the aperture, and a one-piece anchor of thin sheet metal for the end portion of the handle, said end portion passing through the slot and into the aperture, said anchor comprising a flat head bridging the innermost part of the aperture, a pair of side arms one extending outwardly from a part of one side edge of the head intermediate the ends of the head and the other extending outwardly from a correspending part of the opposite side edge of the 2. The installation of claim 1, the end portion of the handle having a bend therein at an end edge of the arms, said bend being within the aperture and biasing said end portion through the slot, the handle portion having a second bend therein beyond the slot and at the outside of the wall arranging the adjacent part of the handle in substantially parailel relation to that part of the handle held by said arms.

3. A pocket boch handie installation compris ing a handle having a exible end strap portion, a rigid wall constituting the side Wall of a pocket book, said wall comprising a relatively rigid member having an aperture therethrough, 'an inner imperforate lining for the member and an outer covering sheet for the outer surface of the member, said covering sheet having an opening of less area than the aperture formed therein, said opening registering with a portion of the aperture, and a one-piece anchor of thin sheet metal for the end strap portion of the handle, said end strap portion passing through the opening and into the aperture, said anchor comprising a fiat body bridging the aperture at the inner surface of the member, a pair of spaced apart confronting arms extending outwardly from the body and bent about the end strap portion of the handle toward each other, said arms being arranged and fitted within the aperture, the outer surface of the body being normally in facial contact with the inner surface of the rigid member with the lining overlying the inner surface of the body to form a substantially smooth surface on the inner face of the Wall.

4. A pocket book handle installation as claimed in claim 3, wherein said body has means provided thereon for engaging the inner surface of the rigid member to locate the body and member against relative movement.

5. A pocket book installation as claimed in claim 3, wherein the opening registers with the uppermost portion of the aperture and said end strap portion of the handle has a terminating portion clamped to the body by the arms and a connecting portion arranged substantially at right angles thereto and extending outwardly through the opening.

DANIEL I. REITER.

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